lj2

Yes it does, and yes you are. But you are not allowed to go over with the intent to adjust status.... or so I was told.

Elvira

I've never heard that, and it wouldn't make any sense. In any event, most people with any sense who enter such a contract would have a clause showing the employer's intention to sponsor permanent residency. We certainly did.

Anyway, this discussion is beside the point and is only likely to confuse the OP since it has nothing to do with entry on the VWP.

mattsta

Was this recently or in this new era of extreme paranoia that exists in the US?

Dan725

After I moved from the US back to Europe the first time, I always said I was coming to visit my fiancee the 3-4 times I came in (in 2003). Only got asked once to show a return ticket. That said, probably also in my favour was the fact I was in the Army at the time - once I told them that and showed my ID card there were no more questions, just a lot of Thankyou's for being an ally, etc.

Marocco

Both before and after. My first visit to the US was years before 9/11 (I didn't know my girlfriend back then). The last time I entered "visiting friends" was in 2005. When I went back this year I travelled with my wife. I told them I was visiting my wife's relatives in California and they were ok with that.

tamms_1965

My now husband always said visiting friends/holiday because that was what he was doing. I did the same when visiting the UK because it was the truth. I was actually asked more Qs entering the UK and asked to show my return ticket every time than my then fiance when he entered the US. We never had proof of our ties to our home countries because we did not know at the time what a big deal it is, but if we had known .....

We were both going through divorces for some of our trips and still had court dates, etc. to attend to, mortgages to take care of, teaching contract to fulfill or lose my license, etc.